New York Falls Behind in Yearly Exports
The forthcoming Chamber of Commerce annual report for the year ended June 1914 shows New York held a net export value of 1 33L71,08 of domestic exports credited to New York. The port's total trade declined by 1.94.712 compared with the prior year, while American vessels carried 1 401, nie worth of merchandise imported and exported across all states.
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New York
Chamber of Commerce
Amour
United States
North Topeka notices mix local ads and wedding notices
A Topeka area column lists bakery prices, farm goods, and poultry supplies, plus local social items. It reports the wedding of Mae Byrd Watkins to Thomas Lee Ewan, notes Cantata postponement, and mentions Will Calihan of Topeka dying in Osage City, with brief funeral details and affiliations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kimball Pug. Co
Gem Bakery
Carey Alkens of
Hoyt
Cail
Porbes Brox
Forbes Bros
Sturtevant
Welual
Cromwell
Afbusny Anid
Cromwell & Jeffers
Carrihay
Mayers Bakery
Herb Topeka
Pred Carson
Munrod Street
Gurter
Fort Riley
Fay
Milky
Manhattan
Jonas Lekens
Port
Blue Corps
Kanes Avenue
Ail Mire Lawts Alten
Daitley Pratt
Dave
Urbana
O. Alp
Bbp
Minx
Kathering Watkins
Kansas City
Mae Iyrd Watkins
I Ewan. Bey
Sebi
Mont Curtie Street
Schiff
Thule
Throwp
Capitol
Homeseekers Excursion One Fare Round Trip
Advertises a round trip excursion for one fare on January 1 via the Santa Fe Route to Arkansas Arizona Indian Territory Texas and New Mexico with limited stopovers. Apply to Santa Fe Route agent for details and subscribe to The State Journal.
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Santa Fe
Arkansas
Arizona
Indian Territory
Tauisians
New Mex
Okdahomne Texam Aber
Agent Santa Fe
Streets teem with Topeka life in fog and snow on Kansas Ave
A reader's report from Topeka's busiest street captures a morning of fog mud and soot with wind driving smoke from chimneys. Sheriff Porter Cook jokes about graves while drama talk and police moves unfold near Fifth Street. An old artist and a bicyclist share town lore as Mayor Fellows faces flirting rumors and a city bridge test is postponed.
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Kansas
Whitaker
J. ©. Pickens
Fifth Street
Pickens
Hawkins
Frank Whitaker
Geo. M. Chase
Topeka Avenue
J. Pickens
Dee Bald Whitaker
Kansas Avenue
Karsay Avenue
H. Worrall
Unilin Pacific
Keliai
Gospel Wagon Prophet Preaches Cosmic Reformation in Kansas
A large black Gospel wagon labeled Cosmic Reformation is seen in front of Merchants National Bank on Kansas Avenue. Rev Richard B Godfrey and his son David travel the country preaching Get Right with God at Topeka headquarters, using an organ and pulpit inside the enclosed vehicle drawn by a team of small horses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merchants’ National Bank
Kansas
Gpano
Richard B. Godfrey
Topeka
Gog
Former Chief Justice Horton Seen Acknowledging Friends
At noon today ex Chief Justice Albert H Horton was driven along Kansas avenue in an express wagon and paused to bow to acquaintances as he passed. The scene captured a courtesy return as he browsed the street.
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Avenue
Paris
Charlie
Albert H. Horton
Kansas Avenue
Emma Kelly Reported Married in Klondike Mining Fields
Word from Miss Kelly BM and Mrs H L Kelly confirms their daughter Emma Kelly left Seattle last September and was believed married to a mine owner in the Klondike. The Oct 3 letter from forty miles from Dawson City denies the marriage rumor and plans to travel back via Seattle with a returning party.
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Kelly
Emma Kelly
Klondike
Dawson City
Seattle
Nebraska police law deemed unconstitutional by judge
Omaha January 12 Judge Scott of the district court issued an opinion declaring the Nebraska Metropolitan Police Law unconstitutional. The ruling concerns the law under which the Omaha police commission is appointed and operates.
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Nebraska
Scott
Omaha
Aes
Suyen
Omaha Police Commission
Real estate transfers list details of deeds and parties
Real estate transfers filed at the register of deeds show Alice M and P H Anderson to Milena SU100 and varied lots on Main Street Na varre Street and McAdams addition to Rossville Deborah Longshore to the Ladies Chapter Colored Episcopal church for 650 dollars west half of lots 500 and 60 percent Van Buren Street A A Ripley and wife to H C Bow an a 44000 southeast quarter non A Bowman and wife to A A Ripley 6000 worth 72 percent feet of lot 11 Greenwood Avenue Potwin E C Lillie and wife to J H Hunt lot 273 on Chestnut tree Metaker s third addition
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Office of the Register of Deeds
Alice M
P. H. Anderson
Milena
Main
Navarre Street
McAdams
Rossville
Deborah
Longshore
Ladies' Chapter
Colored Episcopal Church
van Buren Street
A. A. Ripley
H.C. Bowana
A. ©. Bowman
A.A. Ripley
Greenwood Avenue
Potwin
E. C. Lillie
H. Hunt
Chestnutatree
Metaker
State House Events and Tax Arrangements
The attorney general debates a new proposition of law as James Seates and James Clark contend over office possession. Seates and Clark qualified unevenly, leaving a question who holds over. County treasurers in Kansas prepare to settle with the state treasurer. $100,600 in taxes expected Tuesday, with Atchison county contributing $600 in gold by express.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Seates
James Clark
Ruelia
Set
Seates
Clark
Boyle
Kansas
Atchison County
Express
County Registers Fees Clarified by Attorney General Boyle
Attorney General Boyle issues a decision limiting county register of deeds fees in Kansas. The ruling states filing fees for deeds and related documents should follow the 1897 law, capping filing at 66 cents per deed while old minimums stood at one dollar, with specific charges for certifying dates, indexing, and copies.
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Kansas
Register of Deeds
Frank L. Stevens
Hut
Boyie
Topeka
Kan
FLL
Stevens
Esq
Populist Chiefs Meet in St Louis Conference
National Populist leaders gather in St Louis to align policy, decide on next national convention site, and arrange a nominating convention. Key attendees include Milton Parke, Col Harry Tracy, Dr G H Crowe, W S Morgan, and Gen Frank Burkett, with proxies from several states. The Memphis middle-of-the-road faction pushes reform while denying fusion with Democrats. The meeting aims to unify two committees ahead of the 1900 campaign.
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St. Louis
Pepples Party
Milton Parke
Col
Harry Tracy
Dallas
Tex
G. H. Crowe
Alabama
Maine
Washburn
Boston
Afnton Parke
Memphis
National Committee
National Organisation Committee
Coronado's Footprints at State Historical Society Meeting
At the annual State Historical Society meeting thirty three directors will be elected for three years. The evening program features papers by John Speer of Ganien City on accuracy in historical statements and J W Brower of St Paul on Coronado's Footprints in Kansas. Chancellor Francis H Snow discusses the State University. Eugene F Ware of Topeka talks history and biography in art. Briton W Woodward of Lawrence recounts September 14 1960 invasion. Prof W n Carruth of Lawrence presents A Certain Letter of Judge Samuel D Tecompte.
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The
Historical Society
State Historical Society
John Speer
Ganien City
Coronada
Kansas
J. W. Brower
St. Paul
Minn
Hemimge
Night Robes and Lingerie Draws Huge Topeka Display
Months ago orders were placed with manufacturers for thousands of Night Robes Corset Covers Skirts Drawers. The white Qings were arriving as Christmas shoppers thronged the store and spieswomen spent three days admiring classifying and marking the dazzling display, the largest and choicest new lingerie stack shown to Topeka.
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Topeka
Scientist Schenk claims infallible sex-determination discovery
New York dispatch from Vienna reports Prof. Schenk of Vienna University asserting a definitive method to determine a child’s sex. He emphasizes scientific verification at the Imperial Academy of Science and says the treatment centers on female biology, not monetary gain, with prior cases giving sons.
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Schenk
New York
Vienna
Vienna University
Prof. Schenk
Imperial Academy of Science
Hense
Tami
Academy of Science
Lighting Effects Steal Scene In Prisoner of Zenda Show
A Crawford stage performance of The Prisoner of Zenda last night featured rapid scene changes and stunts. Mr Gould’s rapid shifts and a drunken king act drew gasps as actors fell and recovered, with props and timing creating a dramatic illusion for the audience.
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Zenda
India
Greks
Sul
Gould
Goal
Fritz Amt Bart
Battina
Scully
L. B. Combes
Siraeel
Mr. Gould
Reneuer
Railway Brotherhood Federation Nears Completion in Indy
Terre Haute, Ind announces that five railway brotherhoods near federation, with Grand Master Morrissey signaling strong votes and chiefs Clark Powell and Arthur reporting high support. Garment cites near unanimity among trainmen, conductors, telegraphers, and engineers ahead of the St. Louis meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Ind
Sargent
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Hailway Brotherhoodes
Garment
Morrissey
Clark
Powell
Bo Hee
Arthur
Engineers
St. Louis
Rush for Klondike Steamers Sail With Passengers
Tacoma dispatch reports two steamers headed to Alaska with 600 passengers aboard the City of Seattle and City of Aurora. Both vessels say all freight space is full and refuse additional freight due to high demand. Steamers plan extra sailings as shortages persist in southern Alaska.
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Tacoma
City of
Seattle
Anit Inday
Alaska
North
Aiki
German Exports Decline to United States in 1857
Confused dispatches report a drop in German exports to America for 1857 from southern Germany, with sparse details and unclear figures. The item mentions pension legislation adverse to Gen Meade’s heirs, and includes stray medical and drugstore notices unrelated to the main export report.
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Berlin
Ocempiste
Aouthern
Germany
America
Pension Fore Meade Girls
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North Topeka
Will Calihan
Osage City
Kiea Ae Pyne
Etlie
Nugplees
That Or
Covicina
Kansas Ave
Sherif Porter Cook
Criquds
Cowie
Todeph Hantee
Kansay Avenue
Forthcomite
Wight
Toman
Horton
State House
G. K. Milleham
Chas
A. Fellows
Mayor Fellows
Potwin Place
Santa Fe General Office
Follows
Mrs. Fellows
Mirten
Scott Kelvey
A. D. Wiliams
Odgere
Hinckley
Jon
Chas. P. Adame
Kamecy
Dlostiers
Tenth Street
Mr. Mileham
Goa
Miss Kelly
Dawson
Parente
Taye
Emma L. Kelly
Frank Stevens
Coronado
Sellers
Mills-Adams Co
Bsenste Committee
Washington
Mnate
Pénsion Committee
Meade
Vel . Allén
Gen. Mende
Stansfield
Giz Karras Avenue
Arel Milter‘s
Corner Sixth
California
Opekm, Keen
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